SECTORAL SUSTAINABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES:
Sustainability - Aalto · Sustainability Science and policies. WAT-E2140 Sustainability in...
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SustainabilityScience and policiesWAT-E2140 Sustainability in Environmental Engineering 1.11.2019Meeri Karvinen
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Agenda for today: 2 themesSustainability science and policies• Introduction to the day (10 min)• Group work on the articles, phase 1(20 min)-------------- BREAK (10 min) --------------------------• Group work on the articles, phase 2 (50 min)-------------- BREAK (15 min) --------------------------• Insights on sustainability & Skills needed for a sustainable future (30 min)
• Delivery of the Task 1 Learning Diary, DL 8th Oct (5 min)
Sustainability appraisal methods • Introduction to & Delivery of the Task 2, Articles II (10 min)
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Learning outcomes of the theme 1
After science & policy session (+ learning diary) you should beable to:• Follow the global scientific and political discourse on the need for
and implementation of sustainable development• Understand how complex large-scale challenges can be
implemented in political level and in practice• Define what aspects relate to sustainability as a concept• Locate yourself as a professional in the global framework and
understand how your field can contribute to it
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The articles
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Sustainability discourse
Four concepts in your papers:1. Planetary boundaries (PBs), 2015 (originally from 2009)2. The Oxfam Doughnut, 20123. The SDGs - Science perspective, 2015 (SDGs)4. Implementation – The Nexus model, 2011
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Group workPhase 1 (20 min): With your own group
• Generate joint understanding on your article, support each other’slearning for the next phase
Phase 2 (50 min, 10min/paper + 10min/discussion): Mixing thegroups
• Teach the others your article’s main points and contents (4 x 10 min)• Discuss together what you learned or if something remained unclear,
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Guiding questions for phase 1, 20minWith you own group
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• What is the framework and background of the paper?
• What is the main message/outcome of the paper?
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Break 10 min
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Teach the others your article’s main points and contents (4 x 10 min)Presentation order:1. Planetary boundaries (10 min)2. The Doughnut model (10 min)3. SDG targets, science perspective (10 min)4. Implementation – The Nexus (10 min)5. Discussion: what you learned, what remained unclear, was it interesting, beneficial etc. Do you have questions for joint discussion (10 min)
Phase 2, 50 minutes, mixed groups
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Reminder: Guiding questions from phase 1:• What is the framework and background of the paper?• What is the main message/outcome of the paper?• What kind of arguments/material the author(s) present to justify their key message(s)?• Who has written the paper?• To whom the paper is targeted to?
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Break 15 min
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Insights on sustainability:short history and some perspectives
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From environmental awakening to sustainable development 1/2Discussion on the connection between carbon acid and global temperature has a long history:Arrhenius, S. 1896. On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground. Philosophical Magazine and J. of Science Series 5, Vol. 41, 237-276. http://www.rsc.org/images/Arrhenius1896_tcm18-173546.pdf
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Molena, F. 1912: : “Remarkable Weather of 1911: The Effect of the Combustion of Coal on the Climate — What Scientists Predict for the Future”. Popular Mechanics, March 1912
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From environmental awakening to sustainable development 2/2• World wars & ‘Trinity’, the first
nuclear test• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson• 1970’s oil and energy crisis• Wide-spread environmental
movement• Club of Rome: Limits to growth
(https://www.clubofrome.org/report/the-limits-to-growth/)
• Something needs to be done? UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment 1972
www.collective-evolution.com/2017/02/02/these-15-satirical-illustrations-will-make-you-question-human-evolution
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Sustainable development
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“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” –Brundtland commission 1987
Roger Pielke Jr.
New Paradigm that takes into account the limits of the Earth’s life supporting system
Rockström, J. et al. (2009): "Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity." Ecology and society 14(2).
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PBs: Earth system sciences
Why to start the course from Earth System Sciences?• Sustainability is about spatial scales and perspectives: to be
able to zoom in (e.g. sustainability appraisal methods),we need to be capable of zooming out (system level) Whatever we do in the lower scale has an effect in larger scale Sustainability action plans and decisions cannot be made (only) in
local level
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About system’s thinking• The Earth is a part of a planetary system, in which the different
system components impact each other. The impact can be eitherbalancing or reinforcing and directing changes in the system.
• The Earth system comprises of the soil, the seas, theatmosphere, the poles etc.
• The system includes the flows of nutrient, energy, coal, water etc.• Also life on Earth is a component in the system and has an
impact on the different flows (and has its own flows) Human with its modern society is at the moment working as a
reinforcing driver, directing the system towards major changes The Anthropocene, a new geological epoch
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TimeSustainability is about time:In order to predict the future, you need to know the past and present short-term low-cost decisions? long-term, more costly decisions that would ensure living in a safe and just space
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Steffen, W., Persson, Å., Deutsch, L., Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Richardson, K., ... & Molina, M. (2011). The Anthropocene: from globalchange to planetary stewardship. Ambio40: 739-761. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A GLOBAL-ARCTIC MATTER: IMAGINARIES, 41.
Human action Earth system
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Changing the gameScience does change the world.Sometimes slowly – but surely.
Sustainability implementation relies on actors who make things happen.
But:Sustainability is very much about worldviews and values, which may differ between different actors.
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Political decisions are compromises influenced by worldviews and values
World as a resource Interconnected Regenerative
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Interconnections, priorities
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https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2016-06-14-how-food-connects-all-the-sdgs.html
https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/
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Ensuring the safe and just living space for all – Nexus approachBalancing different resource user goals and interests – while maintaining the integrity of ecosystemsRecognizing the central connections between sectors
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Ringler, C., Bhaduri, A., & Lawford, R. (2013). The nexus across water, energy, land and food (WELF): potential for improved resource use efficiency?. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 5(6), 617-624.
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Everyone can find a role in the game!
1.11.201923Keskinen et al. 2017. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus and the
Transboundary Context: Insights from Large Asian Rivers, Water 8: 193
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To summarize
Sustainability is about• Spatial scale and perspective• Time perspective• Actors• Values and worldviews
Science creates the knowledge and understanding. It also facilitates finding common goals and values when exploring and implementing solutions. We all have a role.
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Skills needed for a sustainable future
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What is environmental field?The Finnish environmental professionals 2025-report (Suomen Ympäristöosaajat 2025):
• Environmental education should be integrated in every degree• To solve environmental problems one needs holistic and multidisciplinary
awareness and ability to cross barriers
All future scenarios in a way or another emphasize the connectionbetween human and nature• Technological innovations to mitigate, re-build or recover what is already
broken, bottom-up movements to restore the lost nature-connection, newbusiness models to mobilize and reinforce sustainable behavior etc.
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Lundgren, 2012
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What about the other megatrends
Internet of Things IoTArtificial Intelligence AIDigitalization & RobotizationUrbanization…
65% of the kids entering primary schoolnow will have jobs that do not exist yet (World Economic Forum) The future is highly unpredictable in many ways
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Photo: Laura Lezza/Gettyhttps://www.nature.com/news/the-future-of-work-1.22840
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What skills might help?To recognize and solve the wicked sustainability problems, and to survive in an ever-changing, unpredictable working life, someskills have been recognized essential:
• Know yourself: values, worldview, career targets, means to achievethem, ways you learn, cognitive abilities
• Leadership• Managing work in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams• Combining technical and business competences• Communication skills, responsibility and courage• Understanding of different worldviews, environments and cultures
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Ruohotie & Koiranen, 2000Ruohotie, 2003Kanfer & Ackerman, 2005
Gilleard & Gilleard, 2002Farr & Brazil, 2009Starrett, 2017Stawiski et al. 2017
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What professional skills are expectedfrom engineers?Concieve-Design-Implement-Operate CDIO model:Engineers are needed in every phase of product life cycle, and they areresponsible for the technology for the whole society
technical, creative, responible professionals• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment, problem recognition and solving• Ability to consider the natural, social and the economical environment in the work• Ethical standards and Responsibility• Ability to implement lifelong learning and recognize the need for it• Awareness concering current issues• Communication skills
Increasing awareness of the urgent need to integrate sustainability values and awareness to the model
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Crawley et al. (2014). The CDIO approach. In Rethinking engineering education (pp. 11-45). Springer, Cham.Lundgren, 2012
Rosén, Anders, et al. "Mapping the CDIO Syllabus to the UNESCO key competencies for sustainability." the 15th International CDIO Conference, Aarhus University, June 25-27, 2019. 2019.
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For next week
Task 1: Report: Learning diary, DL 8th Nov at 23.55
Task 2: Learn & teach, DL Wed 6th Nov (at 13.00)Task 2: Report, DL 8th Nov at 23.55
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Task 1, Learning diary Key points:To reflect what you learned from your paper and from this session:- What was new / familiar- Was there something I didn’t understand- How my learnings connect with my previous studies and
experiencesDo NOT write a summary on the article / teaching session, but use your own words and analyze your learnings.
Detailed instructions in MyCourses under Task 1
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Sustainability appraisal methods through Task 2
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Objective of the task 2
To familiarize you with sustainability appraisal and some methods used in itKey learning objectives of the task:• To learn how sustainability can be measured and evaluated• To learn finding and communicating the key contents of the
material given to you• To learn the basic structure of a scientific article based on
research
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Terminology
Sustainability assessment Sustainability appraisal Sustainability analysis Integrated assessment Sustainability impact assessment
All these mean practically the same process
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Generic about sustainability appraisal
• Involves value judgments (weighting), assumptions, scenarios and uncertainties
• Calls for a system-wide analysis → life cycle approach• Has different levels (micro-macro) and purposes, involves different
stakeholders• Covers various approaches and variable methods
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Variability of sustainability analysis methodsQualitative –semi quantitative
• Check lists• Scoring, tabulation• Indicators (can be scored,
e.g. LEED certification)
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Variability of sustainability analysis methodsQuantitative• Life-cycle analysis (LCA) and
related methods (e.g. MFA*, MIPS*)
• Cost/risk – benefit comparisons(CBA*, LCC…)
• Foot/handprints (e.g. CO2, water, ecological)
• Methods based on multi-criteria(decision) analysis* (MC(D)A*)
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*your papers for next Wed 6th Nov
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Task 2
1) Read the article appointed to you (by family name) so that you can teach it to others on Wed 6th Nov. Use the guiding questions given in MyCourses when preparing.
2) Report the main contents of your article in the form of research process. Include also a short reflection on your key learnings. Detailed instructions given in MyCourses under Task 2, Articles II
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